The Talk Market Privacy Policy
This policy explains how we use and protect your personal information. It applies to The Talk Market, Inc. (“we”) covering your use of The Talk Market website (hereinafter referred to as “the Website,” “Talk Market,” or “The Talk Market” and encompassing the services and content available through The Talk Market website). This privacy policy was last updated on February 1, 2008.
You can watch videos and read information on the Website without supplying us with any personal information about yourself. To upload videos and sell products, communicate with other Website users, give feedback on sellers and products, to download the free TV Tools, and to purchase products, you must first complete The Talk Market registration form and create a Talk Market user name and password. During registration, you are required to enter a valid email address, your city and state, and you may enter optional information about yourself in general. We use this information to supply you with a more personalized experience on the Website. We use the email address you supply to contact you under the following circumstances: a) a welcome email to you when you create an account, b) the sale or purchase of an item by you, c) a new message to you from another user is received, d) a username/password retrieval email when you request it from us, e) when the inventory of one of your products sells out, and f) if a video of yours if removed or your account is disabled g) a universal change in the primary process of the Website, including a material change in this privacy policy. We will send you strictly service-related announcements on rare occasions when it is necessary to do so. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance, we might send you an email. Generally, you may not opt-out of these communications, which are not promotional in nature. If you do not wish to receive them, you have the option to deactivate your account. We will also communicate with you in response to your inquiries or service requests, and to manage your account. We will communicate with you by email or telephone, in accordance with your wishes. If you choose to create an account, we will store your user account information on our servers located in the United States, and utilize your account information to facilitate the functions of the Website.
If you purchase a product on The Talk Market, we request certain personally identifiable information from you on our order form. You must provide contact information (such as name, email, and shipping address) and financial information (such as credit card number, expiration date). We use this information for billing purposes and to enable sellers to fill your orders. If we have trouble processing an order, we will use this information to contact you.
Your user ID and shipping information is made available to sellers from whom you have purchased products on or through the Website when you purchase a product from them to allow for them to ship you the product you purchased.
We do not supply sellers with the credit card information of purchasers on the Website. We use Amazon Payments to provide credit card processing services for our Website. Sellers receive the transaction funds (and have the ability to credit transactions) directly from the Amazon Payments service.
The Talk Market, Inc. is the sole owner of information collected on the Website. We will not sell, share, trade or rent your personally identifiable information to third parties for their promotional purposes without your explicit consent. Your user ID, city and state, product information, and the video and photo content you upload to the Website are all displayed publicly on the Website when you offer a product for sale and can be accessed by other Website users.
We use cookies on this Website. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. We do link the information we store in cookies to the personally identifiable information you submit while on the Website, specifically within the persistent cookie detailed below.
We use both session ID cookies and persistent cookies. We use session cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our Website. A session ID cookie expires when you close you browser. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time. You can remove persistent cookies by following directions provided in your Internet browser’s “help” file. For more information about cookies, please click here.
We set a persistent cookie to store your passwords, so you don’t have to enter it more than once. Persistent cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Website.
If you reject cookies, you may still use our Website, but your ability to use some areas of our Website, such as buying and selling products, will be limited.
The Website has an affiliate marketing program, whereby third party websites get a commission on a sale on our Website if they bring visitors to our Website. To enable this feature, this Website uses technology that monitors traffic on our Website and links the traffic to purchases made. We do not share personally identifiable information with said third party websites for this affiliate marketing program.
Some of our business partners (e.g. advertisers) use cookies on our Website. We have no access to or control over these cookies. This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by The Talk Market only and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Customers have the option to post reviews of products and sellers on the Website. When a customer opts to post a review, their username will be displayed along side their review.
Please keep your password secret, and notify us and immediately change your password if your password has been compromised. You can modify your account information by clicking “my account information” while logged into your account. Please keep your account information up to date to facilitate your use and the functionality of the Website.
The security of your personal information is important to us. When you enter sensitive information on our registration or order forms, we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). We have implemented a number of security features throughout the Website to prevent the unauthorized release of or access to the personal information that we collect. For example, only authorized personnel have access to stored information. Please be advised, however, that although we have endeavored to create a secure and reliable Website for you, the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted to or from this Website cannot be guaranteed. When disclosing any personal information, you should remain mindful of the fact that it is potentially accessible to the public and consequently, may be collected and used by others without your consent. You should therefore consider carefully whether you should use or submit sensitive information that you would not want disclosed to the public. You also recognize that your use of the Internet and this Website is solely at your own risk. You agree that we have no responsibility or liability for the security of any information transmitted via the Internet or disclosed on or via this Website. We urge you to use caution when conveying personal information over the Internet. We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our Website. If your personally identifiable information changes, or if you no longer desire our service, you may correct, update, delete or deactivate it by making the change on the Edit My Account Info page or by emailing our Customer Support at staff@talkmarket.com or by contacting us by postal mail at the contact information listed below.
This Website contains links to other web site. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of other web Websites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our Website and to read the privacy statement of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by this Website.
We welcome your questions or comments regarding this privacy policy and the use of your personal information. If you have any questions about our privacy policy or about our information collection practices, please contact us at staff@talkmarket.com. Alternatively, you can contact us at The Talk Market, LLC, 1255 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10029.
The Talk Market, LLC is a licensee of the TRUSTe Privacy Program. TRUSTe is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to build user’s trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting the use of fair information practices. This privacy statement covers the Web site www.talkmarket.com. Because this Web site wants to demonstrate its commitment to your privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices and have its privacy practices reviewed for compliance by TRUSTe.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact our customer service team at staff@talkmarket.com. If you do not receive acknowledgement of your inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, you should contact TRUSTe at http://www.truste.org/consumers/watchdog_complaint.php TRUSTe will then serve as a liaison with us to resolve your concerns.
The Watchdog Dispute Resolution link required in the privacy statement is:
http://www.truste.org/consumers/watchdog_complaint.php
Your visit to this Website and any dispute regarding privacy is subject to this privacy policy and our Terms of Use, including any limitations on damages, and application of the law of the State of Delaware. If you have any concern about privacy at this web Website, talkmarket.com, please send an explanation of your concern to staff@talkmarket.com and we will try to resolve it. This privacy policy and the Terms of Use are subject to change from time to time, and use of the information we collect now is subject to the privacy policy in effect at the time of use. We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently.. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the home page, and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page.
